I did a whole lot of research on radios before leaving on this trip and found that a lot of reviewers gushed over this little marvel from China.

Why I like it:
- It is tiny.
- It has a built in AA battery charger (I use AAs for my bike lights, and perhaps soon a GPS)
- It has great reception and comes with a long-wire-antenna
- It has a billion presets
- It scans digitally
- It tunes at 1 digit incriments (my old one did 5 digit jumps, too far to tune in a faint signal)
- Price. Under $50 from the guy on eBay from Hong Kong.
- Has an external speaker plug

Downside:
-The volumn setting is a bit wacky
-Amanda broke the telescopic antenna... she always breaks the antennas on my radios.